Green environments are mentioned in the passage in order to
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[[snippet]]The author uses green environments to describe Professor Crone theory, which discredits, rather than supports, the theory that Mecca was a natural stop on the incense route.
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[[snippet]]The author uses green environments to describe Professor Crone's theory. However, Professor Crone does not deny that Mecca was located halfway between two trading hubs - she just doesn't think Mecca was a stop on the incense route.
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[[snippet]]Professor Crone uses green environments to disprove the idea that Mecca was a natural stop on the incense route (the argument of the traditional account of Meccan trade).
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[[snippet]]Although Mecca is located near green environments, the passage describes Mecca's climate as inhospitable.
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[[snippet]]The author uses green environments to describe Professor Crone's theory, not to argue against it.